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The daily update is a podcast briefing on what’s happening across the North Fork. Get the daily update delivered straight to your inbox each weekday morning by subscribing to our newsletter. Or listen through Apple Podcasts by subscribing to Closer Look. Here are the headlines across the North Fork for Thursday, Feb. 25. RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW ....
George “Gio” Woodson at a recent Town Board meeting. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Longtime Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson said it was political interference from the Town Board that led to his decision not to run for re-election. “I’m just finished with it. I don’t want to do it anymore. Life is too short to be putting up with this,” Mr. Woodson said in an interview Wednesday. “Everything is political.” Mr. Woodson, 59, served as the elected highway superintendent for 13 years, and was a highway department employee for 22 years before that. Mr. Woodson is a Democrat, while four or the five Town Board seats are currently held by Republicans. ....
Kent to oppose Aguiar for Town Supervisor Councilwoman Catherine Kent and Supervisor Yvette Aguiar at a Times Review event on the future of Riverhead in 2019. Riverhead Town Councilwoman Catherine Kent is the Democratic nominee for town supervisor, her party announced in a press release Tuesday night. Ms. Kent, a first-term councilwoman and retired Riverhead school teacher, will top a Democratic ticket that will not include retiring Highway Superintendent George “Gio” Woodson. Ms. Kent, 64, will challenge Republican incumbent Yvette Aguiar, who is seeking her second two-year term after she was nominated by her party Monday. At its convention, which was closed to the public, the Democrats also nominated Evelyn Hobson-Womack and Juan Micieli Martinez for council and William “JR” Renten for highway superintendent. ....
Review of highway department audit shelved until superintendent can weigh in The Riverhead Town Highway Yard. (File photo by Barbarallen Koch) The Riverhead Town Board agreed last Thursday to wait until Highway Superintendent George “Gio” Woodson can review an audit of his department before publicly discussing it. The town’s independent audit committee recently completed an audit and was prepared to discuss it publicly at last Thursday’s Town Board work session. The committee was formed around 2012 to provide independent oversight of town departments, according to its chairman, Jack Orben. He said the committee, whose members are volunteers, has done audits on several town departments since then. ....